BREAKING NEWS: Trump Blasts AG James, Judge Arthur Engoron Before Closing Arguments In NYC Trial
At his civil fraud trial in NYC, former President Trump blasted Judge Arthur Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James prior to closing arguments.
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00:00 (The executive order is signed.)
00:07 Well, thank you very much.
00:10 As you know, we consider this an unconstitutional witch hunt.
00:15 It's election interference at the highest level.
00:17 It's a disgrace.
00:19 It's in coordination with the White House and Joe Biden,
00:21 because you can't win a campaign fairly.
00:24 And we're going through it, but it is indeed a terrible witch hunt.
00:28 We're going to have a news conference a little bit later on.
00:31 As you know, I want to speak. I want to make the summation.
00:34 At this moment, the judge is not letting me make the summation
00:37 because I'll bring up things that he doesn't want to hear.
00:40 And it's a very unfair trial.
00:42 Nobody has seen anything like this.
00:44 I don't think they've ever seen anything like this.
00:46 We have a situation where a statute was used that doesn't give me a jury,
00:51 so I have no jury.
00:53 I really have no rights,
00:55 and nobody thinks it's constitutional.
00:58 People, legal scholars are writing about it like it's something they've never seen before.
01:03 So it's interference. It's political interference.
01:07 And it's something that shouldn't be allowed.
01:09 So I am hoping to speak and to help my lawyers reveal
01:15 all of the defects of this case.
01:18 It should have never been brought.
01:20 Very, very strong financial statements.
01:22 They thought it was the opposite.
01:23 They thought it was because I'm a private company.
01:25 Then they saw them knock their socks off.
01:27 They couldn't believe it.
01:28 But great financial statements.
01:30 Everything is good.
01:32 We have a level of detail in our defense that nobody has ever had.
01:38 This is a case that should have never been brought,
01:40 and it was brought.
01:42 And it's very unfair, and it's very bad for New York State.
01:45 Companies are fleeing. People are fleeing.
01:47 The streets are crime-ridden.
01:49 And Letitia James, that's all she thinks about is getting Trump.
01:52 She's been dreaming about it for years.
01:54 And it's not the way a state should be run,
01:58 because this is a state that's been in big trouble.
02:01 You have all the businesses fleeing, and you have the people fleeing.
02:03 The people that pay taxes.
02:05 People that don't pay taxes are coming in.
02:07 So that's not what you want.
02:09 So I want to thank you.
02:10 We're going to have a news conference today.
02:12 We don't know the time. We'll notify you.
02:15 But sometime in the early afternoon at 40 Wall Street.
02:18 So we'll give a news conference where we can actually speak
02:21 and have a microphone here, because even that they don't want us to have.
02:24 They really don't want us to speak too much.
02:27 So we'll see whether or not the judge allows me to speak.
02:29 Perhaps he won't, but I certainly would like to.
02:32 Thank you very much.
02:34 [Applause]
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